Cristian Forestan

Curriculum Vitae di Cristian Forestan (email: cristian.forestan@unibo.it)

Cristian Forestan si è laureato in Biotecnologie - Indirizzo Biotecnologie Agrarie Vegetali, presso la Facoltà di Agraria dell'Università degli Studi di Padova nel 2005. Presso la stessa Università ha ottenuto il Dottorato in Scienze delle Produzioni Vegetali - Indirizzo Agrobiotecnologie nel 2009. Ha lavorato presso il Department of Plant System Biology - VIB – Gent (Belgio).

Dal 2009 al 2020 è stato PostDoc presso il Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti risorse Naturali e Ambiente - Università degli Studi di Padova, occupandosi prima dello studio del trasporto auxinico durante lo sviluppo della pianta di mais e poi della regolazione trascrizionale ed epigenetica della risposta a stress abiotici in mais.

È attualmente titolare di borsa di ricerca presso il Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari (DISTAL) dell’Università di Bologna, dove si occupa della caratterizzazione di QTL e geni di interesse agronomico e nel miglioramento genetico, in particolare nell’architettura dell’apparato radicale di frumento.

PUBBLICAZIONI

1. S. Trevisan, C. Forestan, S. Brojanigo, S. Quaggiotti and S. Varotto (2020) “Brassinosteroid application affects the growth and gravitropic response of maize by regulating gene expression in the roots, shoots and leaves” - Plant Growth Regulation 92:117–130
2. S. Farinati*, C. Forestan*, M. Canton, S. Varotto and C. Bonghi (2020) “miRNA regulation of fruit development” in “Plant miRNAs - Shaping Development and Environmental Responses”, Springer NY - 2020 - doi 10.1007/978-3-030-35772-6 - ISBN 978-3-030-35771-9
3. L. Ravazzolo, S. Trevisan, C. Forestan, S. Varotto, S. Sut, S. Dall'Acqua, M. Malagoli and S. Quaggiotti (2020). “Nitrate and Ammonium Affect the Overall Maize Response to Nitrogen Availability by Triggering Specific and Common Transcriptional Signatures in Roots. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Jan 20;21(2). pii: E686. doi: 10.3390/ijms21020686.
4. C. Forestan, S. Farinati, F. Zambelli, G. Pavesi, V. Rossi and S. Varotto (2020) “Epigenetic signatures of stress adaptation and flowering regulation in response to extended drought and recovery in Zea mays” - Plant Cell Environ. 2020 Jan;43(1):55-75. doi: 10.1111/pce.13660. Epub 2019 Nov 12.
5. C. Forestan, A. Lunardon, S. Farinati and S. Varotto (2018) “Integrating Transcriptome and Chromatin landscapes for deciphering the epigenetic regulation of drought response in maize.” in “The Maize Genome”, Springer NY 2018. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-97427-9
6. C. Forestan, S. Farinati, J. Rouster, H. Lassagne, M. Lauria, N. Dal Ferro and S. Varotto (2018) “Maize HISTONE DEACETYLASE 108 controls maize vegetative and reproductive development, fertility and rRNAs silencing” Genetics. 2018 Jan 30. doi: 10.1534/genetics.117.300625
7. Lunardon*, C. Forestan*, S. Farinati and S. Varotto (2018) “De Novo Identification of sRNA Loci and Non-Coding RNAs by High-Throughput Sequencing.” in Methods in Molecular Biology “Plant Chromatin Dynamics”, Springer NY - 2018;1675:297-314. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7318-7_17
8. C. Forestan, S. Farinati, R. Aiese Cigliano, A. Lunardon, W. Sanseverino and S. Varotto S. (2017) “Maize RNA PolIV affects the expression of genes with nearby TE insertions and has a genome-wide repressive impact on transcription.” BMC Plant Biol. 2017 Oct 12;17(1):161. doi: 10.1186/s12870-017-1108-1.
9. C. Forestan, R. Aiese Cigliano, S. Farinati, A. Lunardon, W. Sanseverino and S. Varotto (2016) “Stress-induced and epigenetic-mediated maize transcriptome regulation study by means of transcriptome reannotation and differential expression analysis.” Sci Rep. 2016 Jul 27;6:30446. doi: 10.1038/srep30446.
10. Lunardon, C. Forestan, S. Farinati, MJ. Axtell, and S. Varotto (2016) “Genome-Wide Characterization of Maize Small RNA Loci and Their Regulation in the required to maintain repression6-1 (rmr6-1) Mutant and Long-Term Abiotic Stresses.” Plant Physiol. 2016 Mar;170(3):1535-48. doi: 10.1104/pp.15.01205.
11. F. Morari, F. Meggio, A. Lunardon, E. Scudiero, C. Forestan, S. Farinati an S. Varotto (2015) “Time course of biochemical, physiological, and molecular responses to field-mimicked conditions of drought, salinity, and recovery in two maize lines.” Front Plant Sci. 2015 May 12;6:314. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00314. eCollection 2015.
12. L. Jansen, J. Hollunder, I. Roberts, C. Forestan, P. Fonteyne, C. Van Quickenborne, RG. Zhen, B. McKersie, B. Parizot and T. Beeckman (2013). “Comparative transcriptomics as a tool for the identification of root branching genes in maize.” Plant Biotechnol J. 2013,11(9):1092-102. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12104.
13. C. Forestan and S. Varotto (2012). “Auxin immunolocalization in plant tissues.” Methods Mol Biol. 2013;959:223-33. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-221-6_15 - In Plant Organogenesis: Methods and Protocols, Humana Press - Springer.
14. C. Forestan, N. Carraro and S. Varotto (2012). “Protein immunolocalization in maize tissues.” Methods Mol Biol. 2013;959:207-22. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-221-6_14 - In Plant Organogenesis: Methods and Protocols, Humana Press - Springer.
15. C. Forestan, S. Farinati and S. Varotto (2012). “The maize PIN gene family of auxin transporters.” Front Plant Sci. 2012;3:16. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00016. Epub 2012 Feb 8.
16. C. Forestan and S. Varotto (2012). “The role of PIN auxin efflux carriers in polar auxin transport and accumulation and their effect on shaping maize development.” Mol Plant. 2012 Jul;5(4):787-98. ISSN: 1674-2052, doi: 10.1093/mp/ssr103.
17. S. Varotto and C. Forestan (2010). “Understanding epialleles formation in response to environmental cues and their heritability in plants.” Maydica 55:275-279
18. C. Forestan and S. Varotto (2010). “PIN1 auxin efflux carriers localization studies in Zea mays.” Plant Signaling and Behaviour, Volume 5, Issue 4, April 2010.
19. C. Forestan, S. Meda and S. Varotto (2009). “ZmPIN1-mediated Transport of Auxin is Related to Cellular Differentiation During Maize Embryogenesis and Endosperm Development.” Plant Physiol. 152: 1373-1390.
20. M. Salmaso, C. Forestan, S. Varotto and M. Lucchin (2009). “Biodiversity of Local Italian Grapevine Cultivars Detected by SSR Markers.” ISHS Acta Horticulturae - IX International Conference on Grape Genetics and Breeding. 827:137-141
21. N. Carraro, C. Forestan, S. Canova, J. Traas and S. Varotto (2006). “ZmPIN1a and ZmPIN1b Encode Two Novel Putative Candidates for Polar Auxin Transport and Plant Architecture Determination of Maize.” Plant Physiol. 142: 254-264.